Cincinnati has inside track to host 2029 NFL Draft, per report
Cincinnati has the inside track to host the 2029 NFL Draft, according to a report by Ben Fischer of the Sports Business Journal. The city has never hosted the event before, and it would be only the second time the draft is held in Ohio, following Cleveland in 2021. The decision may depend on whether the NFL awards multiple draft locations in succession.
- ▪Minneapolis-St. Paul is currently favored to host the 2028 NFL Draft.
- ▪If the NFL awards two drafts at once, Cincinnati is positioned as the likely choice for 2029.
- ▪The NFL Draft has only been held in Ohio once before, in Cleveland in 2021.
- ▪Cincinnati has never hosted the NFL Draft.
- ▪The report suggests the NFL may not yet be ready to award multiple draft years simultaneously.
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